Travel Group | February 16, 2023

Paris and the Heart of Normandy: Cruising the Seine

Presented by: Paul Steinbok (Professor Emeritus Surgery)

After 2 days in Paris on board our Viking ship, docked in sight of the Eiffel tower, we cruised down the Seine to Rouen. En route, we visited La Roche Guyon and Vernon and explored Giverny and the house and gardens where Claude Monet lived and worked. From Rouen we went by road to Bayeaux to see the magnificent tapestry that chronicles the pre-Battle of Hastings events.

Afterwards, we headed to Normandy’s coast to visit Juno Beach, the site of the Canadian landing on D-Day, June 6, 1944  and the nearby Commonwealth cemetery. On the return trip up the Seine, we stopped at Les Andelys with its imposing castle, Château Gaillard, built by Richard the Lionheart.  Then, on to Napoleon’s Château de Malmaison at Le Pecq before returning to Paris. This was a trip filled with history, art, architecture in beautiful urban and pastoral settings.

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